Gamla Stan – the old town of Stockholm

The old
town in Stockholm seems to be the place where all the tourists seem to end up
at one time or another. It is indeed a nice place for a stroll around the old
buildings in the old town.

Royal Guard

Old buildings

View of the water

In addition to the nice small streets you find a lot of different restaurants and café spread across Gamla Stan and you also find some of the biggest attractions in the city – including the Royal Castle and the most famous square Stortorget.

Not surprising
we joined the countless tourist on several occasions and went for a wonder
through the old town. There are a lot to look at in the small streets with the
old houses and most of the old town is pedestrian only so it is easy to just
stroll along the many streets and squares.

After we
have wondered the many streets of the main island of Gamla Stan we go across an
old bridge to another small island in the old town called Riddarholmen. It is a
very nice little island with a lot of nice buildings. But much to our surprise
there is hardly any tourist making the short walk across the bridge to this
part of the old town. I think the rest of the tourist loose out and we can
enjoy the little walk around the old houses and enjoy a great view of the city
hall across the water on yet another of the many small islands in Stockholm.

17 comments

I am glad to take you back. I like photos which are not too crowded. I have some with more people on them but didn’t upload those photos. Riddarholmen was really quite and we were the only one there so the mosaic of photos from there is actually with all the other tourist on them 🙂

Sounds like great destinations. Went to Peru a couple of years ago going along the coast road. And Jordan 11 years ago – in July. Not the best idea it really isn’t a great destination for summer it was 40+ everyday.